Nájemný zabiják Frank Sheeran vzpomíná na tajemství, která střežil jako věrný člen zločineckého klanu Bufalinových.
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Lucy Hillová je ambiciózní a podnikavá manažerka žijící v Miami. Miluje své boty, miluje svá auta a miluje kariérní postup. Když dostane nabídku na jeden krátkodobý úkol – neznámo kde – aby restrukturovala výrobní továrnu, skočí po této možnosti s vědomím, že má jasné povýšení na dosah ruky. Co však začíná jako jednoduchá práce, se brzy stává zkušeností, která jí zcela změní život. Lucy postupně odhaluje hlubší smysl svého života a co víc, také muže svých snů.
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
Funguje v Americe presumpce neviny? Michael se o tom přesvědčil na vlastní kůži, když v novinách objevil smyšlený článek, který ho obviňoval ze zločinu. Proto kontaktuje autorku článku, aby zjistil co za spiknutím vězí a sám se pustí do vyřetřování.
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Před dvěma lety automobilová společnost Perrin Industries podepsala dohodu se svými 1100 zaměstnanci – ti přistoupili na citelná platová omezení výměnou za jistotu pracovního místa po dobu následujících pěti let. Navzdory rekordnímu zisku továrny a daným slibům se vedení podniku náhle rozhodlo výrobu ukončit. Zaměstnanci, v čele s mluvčím Laurentem Amédém, však toto rozhodnutí odmítají přijmout a jsou připraveni udělat vše, co je v jejich silách, aby si práci zachránili.
Mary Raffertyová pochází z chudé rodiny dělníka z ocelárny v Pittsburghu v 19. století. Její rodina má námitky, když jde pracovat jako služebná do bohaté rodiny Scottů, která huť ovládá. Mary upoutá pozornost pohledného zrozence Paula Scotta, ale jejich románek zkomplikuje Paulovo zasnoubení s jinou a tvrdá stávka mezi dělníky.
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.
A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one after his money.
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Robert moves from the Polish countryside to work on a fish processing factory on the coast of Norway. There he falls in love with Ivar who is openly gay and a member of the workers union. Robert is hiding his sexual orientation from the other Polish immigrant workers. When Ivar helps the Polish to start a strike for better working conditions at the factory, Robert has to choose between money or love.
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained important improvements, but the astute employer sells the company to a multinational company.
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.